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MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard Product Details

MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

MSI Z97-GAMING 5 Motherboard
The MSI Z97-GAMING 5 Motherboard is designed to provide gamers with best-in-class features and technology. Backed by the imposing looks of MSI's Dragon, this motherboard is an engineering masterpiece tailored to gaming perfection. Equipped with the Killer E2200 intelligent networking platform, built for maximum networking performance for online games and high-quality streaming media. Featuring advanced stream detect, Killer E2200 automatically detects and accelerates game traffic ahead of other network traffic for smoother, stutter-free in-game performance and the competitive edge. With this exclusive, automatic traffic prioritization, games and real-time chat get priority over low-level system chatter, giving you the lowest latency for game data on the most controllable network hardware available. MSI gaming device port is optimized to deliver the best connectivity for high end gaming mice to fully utilize its speed. This results in a much faster and smoother mouse response in games. With an awesome product comes an inspiring heatsink! The heatsink is oversized to provide the best thermal transfer and heat dissipation to enable your PC to just game long time. Experience the power of the MSI Z97-GAMING 5 Motherboard today.

What It Is and Why You Need It:

MSI Audio Boost 2; With Audio Boost 2 delivering the highest audio quality with the use of Creative Sound Blaster Cinema 2 so you can enjoy crystal clear sound and music through 8-channel HD audio

OC Genie 4; OC Genie is the world's first built-in hardware overclocking technology on motherboards. With this one-second overclocking option we're giving you even more performance. Just hit the button and your PC gets another adrenalin shot

Optimized for multiple graphics cards; Get up to 3 PCI-Express 3.0 x 16 slots, with optimal placement for better fitting and airflow. That way, you can enjoy the best graphics at the highest frame rate jumping off from your screen when running a NVIDIA SLI or AMD CrossFire gaming setup

Super charger; MSI super charger you can simply deliver more power than regular USB chargers to your smartphone, tablet, USB game controller or portable console

Smart fan control; Smart fan control gives you complete control of all your fans on the motherboard, convenient for gamers and overclockers

Let the games begin

MSI gaming motherboards are designed to provide gamers with best-in-class features and technology. Backed by the imposing looks of MSI's Dragon, each motherboard is an engineering masterpiece tailored to gaming perfection.

Isolated Audio PCB

With traditional onboard audio the signal is distorted by electromagnetic signals from the rest of the PCB. Audio Boost 2 acts like a dedicated soundcard by physically isolating the audio circuitry which is separated by a red LED path. Less interference gives you a more clear audio signal.

Reward your ears with true quality

Get ready for ear-drum shattering sound, with MSI Audio Boost 2! With Audio Boost 2 we're delivering the highest audio quality with the use of Creative Sound Blaster Cinema 2 so you can enjoy crystal clear sound and music through 8-channel HD Audio.

Enjoy a heavy caliber audio experience with Direct Audio Power. A dedicated power input to Audio Boost 2 allows for a more powerful and stable power delivery, resulting in a more explosive and pure sound experience.

Dual Headhpone Amplifiers

Prepare for an eargasm. The built-in dual headphone amplifier rewards your high quality headphone with the most amazing studio level sound quality up to 600O delivered from your gaming PC. Tired of having to connect your headset in difficult to reach places? MSI GAMING motherboards are designed to be easy to use, featuring front & rear audio outputs fueled by Audio Boost 2.

High Quality Audio Capacitors

With the use of professional Nichicon Japanese capacitors, specially designed for audio purposes, MSI GAMING motherboards provide the highest possible audio signal filtering. Delivering high fidelity crystal clear sound with exceptional acoustics and realism.

USB Audio Power

When connecting multiple USB devices, most motherboards will be unable to deliver a strong 5V power signal to all USB ports. This is highly noticeable with high-quality external USB DACs where sound quality degrades as the motherboard is unable to deliver a perfect USB signal. Only MSI USB Audio Power continuously delivers a stable 5V to the USB ports on motherboards, making sure you can continue to enjoy the crystal clear audio standard you expect.

Killer E2200 Game Networking

The Killer E2200 Intelligent Networking Platform is built for maximum networking performance for online games and high-quality streaming media. Featuring Advanced Stream Detect™, Killer E2200 automatically detects and accelerates game traffic ahead of other network traffic for smoother, stutter-free in-game performance and the competitive edge. With this exclusive, automatic traffic prioritization, games and real-time chat get priority over low-level system chatter, giving you the lowest latency for game data on the most controllable network hardware available.

great mobo

very pleased with performance and price. worked rite away. no problems. updated to latest bios. 4690k overclocked to 4.6 no problem.

Overall

1.0

Value

1.0

Features

1.0

Quality

1.0

Performance

1.0

Reviewer:

,

Date:

Jul 10, 2015

DOA

Missing pins on CPU socket. Did not want to wait another 2 weeks for a replacement. Bought an Asus board locally.

Overall

5.0

Value

5.0

Features

5.0

Quality

5.0

Performance

5.0

Reviewer:

MDM10,

Date:

Jun 28, 2015

Amazing Motherboard

This motherboard blew me away with it's features, style, and compatibility with the latest high end Gaming Hardware. I plan on overclocking my Processor to 4.5 GHz and this board will do so in a pinch. The Quick Boot with this board makes my Windows 8 Boot Times as 4 seconds with a Hard Drive. Overall, it's a great Top End Motherboard for the price, and performance!

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